East Carolina baseball alum Gavin Williams ended up with his fourth straight no-decision in June in Wednesday’s 5-4 win in 10 innings by the Cleveland Guardians over the Toronto Blue Jays.
He started well despite giving up a run in the fourth inning on a homer by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He ran into some trouble in the sixth and left after giving up four runs, three earned, on five hits in 5.1 innings. He also walked three and struck out two.
Cleveland tied it in the sixth and won it with a run in the 10th.
Williams is 1-0 in June with a 2.57 ERA in five starts over 28 innings. He has given up 19 hits, eight earned runs, walked 13 and struck out 20.
Fellow ECU alum Jeff Hoffman pitched the ninth inning, giving up a hit and striking one to lower his ERA to 5.13.
Trey Yesavage
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See below to find out what the rest of the Pirates in baseball did on Wednesday.
Major League Baseball
- Connor Norby, Miami Marlins: 2-for-4 with RBI in 8-5 win over Giants. He singled and stole second in the seventh but didn’t score. He also singled in the eighth.
- Alec Burleson, St. Louis Cardinals: 0-for-4 in 8-0 loss to Cubs
- Shawn Armstrong, Texas Rangers: Did not pitch in 7-0 win over Orioles
- Gavin Williams, Cleveland Guardians: See above
- Jeff Hoffman, Toronto Blue Jays: See above
- Clayton McCullough, Miami Marlins (manager): Team beat Giants 8-5 for second win in three games, improving to 33-45.
Triple-A
- Carson Whisenhunt, Sacramento RiverCats (Giants): Did not pitch in 16-0 loss to Oklahoma City
- Zach Agnos, Albuquerque Isotopes (Rockies): Pitched the ninth inning in a 13-2 loss to Las Vegas. Gave up a hit to drop his ERA to 1.80.
Double-A
- Trey Yesavage, New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Blue Jays): See above
- Carter Spivey, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On 7-day injured list with right shoulder strain (began June 12): Did not pitch in 8-1 win over Harrisburg
- Trey Benton, Akron Rubber Ducks (Guardians): On season-ending disabled list
Single-A
- Carter Cunningham, Vancouver Canadians (Blue Jays): 0-for-2 with a walk in 5-4 loss to Tri-City
- Josh Moylan, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not play in 10-3 win over Wilmington
- Josh Grosz, Hudson Valley Renegades (Yankees): Did not pitch in 10-3 win over Wilmington
- Tyler Bradt, Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals): Pitched 1.1 innings and struck out three in 6-4 loss to Beloit. Lowered his ERA to 3.45.
- Jacob-Jenkins-Cowart, Beloit Sky Carp (Marlins): 2-for-4 with RBI in 6-4 win over Peoria. He doubled, stole third and scored in the third for his team’s first run. He doubled again, his seventh of the season, and drove in a run to make it 5-3 in the sixth.
- Ryan McCrystal, Daytona Tortugas (Reds): 1-for-4 in 8-5 loss to Palm Beach
- Wyatt Lunsford-Shenkman, Modesto Nuts (Mariners): Placed on full-season disabled list on April 15.
- Erik Ritchie, Clearwater Threshers (Phillies): Did not pitch in 7-1 loss to Lakewood
- Landon Ginn, Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Cubs): Did not pitch in 3-0 win over Columbia
Frontier League
- Danny Beal, Down East Bird Dawgs (Independent): Did not pitch in 6-1 loss to Mississippi
Photo credit: Gavin Williams (David Dermer-Imagn Images photo)
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